tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74135207375900433632024-03-13T07:29:32.184-07:00Kevin Henry's The Essential KitchenExploring the boundaries of the modern kitchenKevin M Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026713343670989446noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413520737590043363.post-47168599893998626652019-08-14T20:23:00.000-07:002019-08-14T20:23:51.593-07:00FREEDOM OF CHOICE<div align="justify">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T6F2ByAC1c4/XVTJMz1FrDI/AAAAAAAABbc/HGLJ8VOY6_AtsORSxlHgDMbWv4pY-tohwCLcBGAs/s1600/COLOR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="355" height="149" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T6F2ByAC1c4/XVTJMz1FrDI/AAAAAAAABbc/HGLJ8VOY6_AtsORSxlHgDMbWv4pY-tohwCLcBGAs/s320/COLOR.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial";">Do you want to see a grown man cry? Have him select a color from more that 3 selections…he will drop to his knees in tears. I’m beginning to think that choice is highly over rated.<br /><br />The scariest words in the English language most be…”would you like fries with that? Shoestring or country, crosscut or curly, salted or unsalted and god forbid if you should ask for their selection of dipping sauce. And what about coffee? What happen to a plain old cup of Joe? I mean…what the hell is a half-caff, non-fat, sugar-free vanilla latte and while I’m at it, what happen to just a medium cup? Choice is everywhere and there seems to be no escape…we have too many buttons, options, selections and app’s.<br /><br />The kitchen industry has not been spared from this curse, but it seems that we as an industry have embraced choice with gusto. On the cabinet side of the house we have more variety of wood species to choose from than ever before…what happen to oak, pine, maple and walnut? Now we can offer Wenge, Rosewood, Zebra and Pear as well as exotic veneers and technical veneers…all in different cuts and finishes. And colors…there was a time you had 4 or 5 standard color selections and some companies may have even offered up to 20, but today with computer color matching, there are over 2000 variations to choose from. And what about features and accessories? Drawer options, waste options, cutlery dividers, pan storage, tall storage options, lighting options, interior and exterior. And when we look at the appliance side of the house the mountain of choice is even higher…convection oven, micro-convection oven, steam-convection and just plain radiant heat. And the choices of refrigerators would make your head explode…24”, 30” 36” and 48”, available in single and double door, side by side French doors and ice options that would dazzle any Barman worth his salt. Not to stop there, what about our choices in cook-tops? Gas, electric and induction as well as combinations of all three. And the selection of dishwashers available with sensors, onboard computers and wi-fi connected and with enough technology on board for a manned mission to the moon.<br /><br />What brought this all to head was a presentation I was giving for a new kitchen. We were going over each detail, what wood, what finish, what handle, what accessories and features, what lighting and at one point…the client threw up his hands and shouted “enough!” and said, “Kevin…why are you asking me all these question…you’re the expert…what am I paying you for?” It was a clear cut case of “sensory-overload…too many selections, too many options and too many choices.<br /><br />Thoreau once said “simplify, simplify!”…I say just “Simplify! (period)”. I truly believe that we have so over complicated the process that our clients are paralyzed with fear. We need to take greater control of the process. In another presentation, while we were going over every detail in the kitchen…how many drawers, hinged left or right, which side of the sink would they like the dishwasher on, what knob or pull, I looked up at the client with her eyes half rolled up inside her eyelid and when she noticed me looking at her, she sat up-right, gathered herself together and said to me…”Kevin…it’s going to look like this…right?”…pointing to the display and she said…”fine…how much do you need to get started? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><br />Keep your sales approach simple…nothing complicated. Your showroom and displays should educate your client to the benefits and value of your product or service as well as create an atmosphere of trust and dependability, Keep your options to a minimum…how many cabinet and appliance lines to you really need to show, what are the 3 or 4 finishes that make up most of your business? What counter-top material do you always specify? You will find, if you go back over your projects for the last year or two…you will see a pattern of design elements, appliances and finishes.<br /><br />So take control, lead your client, and don’t drown them in details, but simplify their lives and you will see your jobs close faster and that your clients will be happier. I think that DEVO, the iconic 80’s band, said it best…”What we want is Freedom from choice”.</span><br />
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Kevin M Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026713343670989446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413520737590043363.post-27108870850932693182019-04-25T03:30:00.000-07:002019-04-25T14:20:38.210-07:00IS IT EVER WRONG TO DO THE RIGHT THING? AN EARTH DAY MESSAGE<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2CCPFbppJdY/VTfa3itYKNI/AAAAAAAAAi0/cSSNCmE0ctQ/s1600/peace%2Bon%2Bearth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2CCPFbppJdY/VTfa3itYKNI/AAAAAAAAAi0/cSSNCmE0ctQ/s1600/peace%2Bon%2Bearth.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forty-five plus years ago, while still living a post-hippie lifestyle, I attended my first Earth Day in Los Angeles. I was working at one of the first 24-hour gas stations in Los Angeles, where gas was 25 cents a gallon. A couple of bucks would fill the tank of my, mint condition, 1955 VW Bug, almost to the brim. <br /><br />I was invited to attend a day in the park by a young woman who wrote for an ecological magazine, a “commie rag”, as my father would say. She would come in late at night to get gas and we would talk about movies, politics and the world around us. Her passion and main train of thought was about the environment and her involvement in the upcoming Earth Day festival. At the time, Earth Day had the overtones of a “love-in” or anti-war rally of the sixties with music and speeches, but instead of the war in Vietnam, the direction had shifted to the environment. <br /><br />The focus of Earth Day in 1970 was about the quality of our air and water as well as the use of pesticides in farming and toxic waste being dumped in the ocean. And on that sunny spring Saturday in the park, with the sun shining down, out of a clear blue sky, global warming or the thought of climate change was far from the minds of this eclectic group of people, holding hands and singing along with Joni Mitchell’s, 70’s hit and anthem of the fledgling environmentalist movement, "Big Yellow Taxi", one of the most prophetic songs ever to be written. <br /><br />During the day’s event of music and speeches, my friend invited me to the podium to say a few words during an open “mic” period in between sets. I remember my stomach feeling like it was tied in a knot, as I had never spoken in front of a large group before. A light breeze blew through my shoulder length hair and I can still feel the way the sun played upon my face. I don’t remember much of what I said that day, a blessing of time I think, other than these few words, “the future is deeply rooted in the actions we take today”, and from that moment forward I become an environmentalist. <br /><br />Now after all these years the movement is under attack from all sides, challenging and dismissing years of recorded data, attacking the credibility of thought-leaders, scientists and engineers, but the worst part is that the confidence of the American consumer has been shaken and they have begun to question an idea that had touched their lives. Simple things like recycling their trash or driving a fuel-efficient car or purchasing energy star appliances has begun feel silly as if they were the butt of a secret joke.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It all became very clear for me one evening as I sat at the kitchen table, helping my son with his Earth Science homework, when he asked me “what if all these things we do around the house, don’t change anything?” POW!...right between the eyes by one of my own. It was like being asked if I believed in GOD. I sat dumbfounded for a minute or two and looking him straight in the eyes I said…”Is it ever wrong to do the right thing? <br /><br />I explained to him that we, as individuals can make a difference, by the choices we make and the actions we take, we can make a lasting impact on the world around us. So, yes…the things we do around the house to lower our carbon-footprint, like taking shorter showers or changing out light bulbs or compositing or bring our own bags to the market…do make a difference. <br /><br />So even if climate change or global warming were not an issue, I ask, is it wrong to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and seek alternative energy resource? Is it wrong to want a more energy efficient automobiles or home appliances? Is it wrong to conserve and protect our limited natural resources? Is it wrong to want to make a difference in the world around us? No, it is not wrong to want and expect these things, but we have to take action and we cannot wait for the government or a group or committee for the answers, we, as individuals, hold the power to make a difference and by the choices we make and the actions we take, we can alter the course of life on this planet, now and for generations to come.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Earth Day 2019</span>Kevin M Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026713343670989446noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413520737590043363.post-22885967789624778362019-04-17T18:36:00.002-07:002019-04-17T18:44:57.841-07:00THE NEW AMERICAN KITCHEN<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: 0px 0px; border-image: none; border: 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75); font-family: Source Serif Pro,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 32px; margin: 32px 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The modern kitchen is open to the rest of the home and as such the room most function on several levels, from food preparation to social interaction, from entertainment center to living-room. The modern kitchen must blend seamlessly into the living and family areas of the home, it must impress as well as be useful, successfully achieving the delicate balance between form and function. To this end, extremes must be avoided, volumes must be contained and styles measured. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">t is a given that the kitchen must look nice, but the cabinetry and appliances must be of the utmost efficiency, creating a space that is neutral in character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The modern kitchen, in its new domestic role, finds itself reflecting a family style based on the sharing of traditional roles and function. The living area embraces the kitchen as a multifunctional arena, were food is prepared, people talk, homework is finished and guests are entertained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong style="background: 0px 0px; border-image: none; border: 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ABOUT:</strong> Designer, speaker, writer, Kevin Henry has been actively developing the luxury kitchen community for over 30 years. He is recognized by both the the kitchen+bath as well as the luxury A+D communities as an influencer and mentor. Kevin is currently the US Director of Business Development for noblessa|usa and can be reched at kevin.henry@noblessa.org</span></span></span></div>
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a kitchen without boundaries or barriers, an environment free from conventional
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<span style="font-size: large;">The new "kitchen
matrix" allows for maximum usage of space with the focus on utilization
and optimization of the interiors and exposed work areas, allowing the homeowner,
apartment dweller or loft inhabitant to maximize the usage of the space at
hand. Like the Roman God Janus, who could see the past and future at the same time, the modern kitchen
is centered on the duality of purpose and space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The new approach to kitchen
design is to challenge the way we look at space, so we may better understand
the problem. Modern kitchen design must move away from a one-dimensional
approach to design and to think of the kitchen as a multi-dimensional canvas. The
static, cluttered, restricted and unchanging kitchen of the past must now
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today’s kitchen has grown far
from its primary function of food preparation to that </span><span style="font-size: large;">of “the social center of the
home”, the family, both nuclear as well as tribal, still gathers to share,
rejuvenate and commune together. The walls have come down </span><span style="font-size: large;">and this once hidden and isolated
feminine domain has now become apart of a </span></div>
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a meeting place, a dinning room, a home-office as well as a place to do
homework or crafts with the kids; it can even serve as a hide away for quite
reflection, or a place to gather for family fun and social entertaining. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In its new domestic role, the
modern kitchen finds itself reflecting a family lifestyle </span><span style="font-size: large;">based on the sharing of
traditional roles and functions. The living area embraces </span><span style="font-size: large;">the kitchen as a multifunctional
arena, were food is prepared, people talk, homework is finished and where
family and friends sit by a modern hearth to bath </span><span style="font-size: large;">in the warmth of community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today’s kitchen is open to the
rest of the home, and as such, the kitchen now must function on several levels,
from food preparation to social interaction, from entertainment center to
living-room. More furniture, than cupboards, the modern </span><span style="font-size: large;">kitchen must blend seamlessly into
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-size: large;"></span>Kevin M Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026713343670989446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413520737590043363.post-70332325993847968342018-03-14T00:00:00.000-07:002018-03-14T00:00:08.582-07:00THE MALE CENTRIC KITCHEN…the new paradigm <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DmqJRSisjho/Ujnqrk5MSBI/AAAAAAAAAV8/3CpV5F_Mx1w/s1600/retro+man+in+kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DmqJRSisjho/Ujnqrk5MSBI/AAAAAAAAAV8/3CpV5F_Mx1w/s400/retro+man+in+kitchen.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A few years back, while preparing a marketing study for an Italian kitchen manufacturer looking to expand their presence in North America…I made a startling discovery…kitchens were not just for women. The industry demographics were all wrong and misleading. The popular myth that women were the driving point of all kitchen sales was an assumption. It was believed that the prototypical kitchen consumer was female, married, 35 – 45 with one or more child. And this was true on the whole…but what we discovered was that economics and age changed everything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Middle-class kitchens with children still at home were female driven and functional by nature. Breakfast and dinner were prepared by Mom and homework was done at the kitchen table…all very “June Cleaver”, all very American. But when it came to up-market, affluent kitchens…the tables were turned and the kitchen went from one of traditional design and functionality to one of clean and simple lines and cooking as entertainment. And at the helm we discovered a 55 – 65 year old male, directing the design and purchase of this new playground. Where the female, middle-class purchaser was focused on function, convenience and budget, the affluent male buyer is focused on aesthetics, technology and value. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Once considered off limits to the American male, today’s modern kitchen has become the new workshop, a place of refuge that our fathers once spent hours locked away on weekends, tinkering, building, repairing and mostly escaping the pressures of everyday life, as well as the wife and kids. Clean modern lines, sleek glass and chrome surfaces and enough technology to launch a mission to mars…Today’s male has found a new venue for relaxation and self-expression.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In a recent <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> study regarding the cooking habits of the British Male, some very startling statics have emerged to further challenge our perceptions and assumptions. As women move in greater numbers into the workforce and in some cases taking the role of “bread-winner”, it appears that men have taken to their new domestic position with relish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> study:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To the modern male, today’s kitchen is about lifestyle and it’s about living. If stress and anxiety are the bi-products of the modern world, then nothing is more coveted by today’s male than relaxation and contentment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">His kitchen can be defined by the details. </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When designing for the male, it’s important to speak about the intangible aspects of the kitchen we must address happiness and comfort, taste and design, exclusivity and uniqueness. The kitchen must be viewed as a reward for his hard work, a symbol of his accomplishments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When it comes to the kitchen, he wants the best the industry has to offer. To him, spending more for quality is worth it and it is expected. He believes that value is more important than price and that “brand” means security and quality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The products he chooses for his kitchen must be manufactured by a well-known and trusted name and is prestigious as well as exclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Socially driven and status aware, exclusivity and appearance is the key to his personality. He looks for products that are unique and will enhance the way he is perceived by others. Branding is at the heart of his decision making, as he believes; they are the traditional indicators of quality. It’s about the pleasure of owning an original. It’s about exclusivity. And ultimately, it’s about self-expression. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Up until recently, the kitchen was designed as a functional laboratory for a single participant, the “woman of the house”, the ‘little lady’, “mom”. It was laid out with assembly line efficiency with a window centered on the sink so mom, in her frilly apron and pearls, could watch the little ones in the back yard at play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The evolution of the Male Centric Kitchen has grown far from its primary function of food preparation, and nurturing to that of “social arena”, serving as living room, dinning room, home-office, entertainment and media center. More democratic than “Moms” kitchen, everyone is welcomed, if not encouraged, to participate in the Male Centric Kitchen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Simple and clean, open and inviting, the exclusion of all things extraneous best describes the Male Centric Kitchen. A kitchen without boundaries or barriers, a kitchen free from conventional thought and restrictions, a kitchen created to reflect the individual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Male Centric Kitchen, in its new domestic role, finds itself reflecting a family style based on the sharing of traditional roles and function. The living area embraces the kitchen as a multifunctional arena, were food is prepared, people talk, guests are entertained and the last email of the day is read and responded too…a space where the day begins and the party always ends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Kevin M Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026713343670989446noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413520737590043363.post-70903869870551681862017-12-28T20:04:00.001-08:002017-12-28T20:04:57.919-08:00Kitchen Sink Evolves from Lowly One-Dimensional Vessel to a Multi-Level, Work Center<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eY8qfUzemyk/WkW6osLXF9I/AAAAAAAABQA/b54-Vjyr-k8fqmhQED394rxoqkMHRp0AQCLcBGAs/s1600/Landing%2BPage%2Blarge%2Bformat%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eY8qfUzemyk/WkW6osLXF9I/AAAAAAAABQA/b54-Vjyr-k8fqmhQED394rxoqkMHRp0AQCLcBGAs/s400/Landing%2BPage%2Blarge%2Bformat%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a>In the beginning, when our cousins first climbed out of the trees, they would gather around the watering hole at the end of a long day of hunting and gathering, grunt and whistle about their day, and take a drink to refresh themselves and maybe soak their bare feet in the cool water. As we began to build shelters and move indoors, we created a smaller version of the community watering hole in the corner of our tiny, one-room structures. At first, this indoor watering hole was made from a dried gourd or a clay pot or a stone bowl. It is hard to believe that over the eons, the sink, as we know it, has evolved very little other than adding a hole in the bottom to drain its contents with the advent of indoor plumbing.</div>
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PeteWalker, designer, inventor, and founder of the<a href="http://wwwwalkerdesigngroup.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #827be9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Walker Design Group</a>, and developer of the Proximity PrinciplesTM, says<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “A kitchen should be organized in a sequence of task-based work centers in specific proximity to each other relative to tasks as they occur in the art of cookery”</span>. </div>
<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To this end, Mr. Walker has created the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ProximityBasin™</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, transforming the lowly kitchen sink from a static, one-dimensional vessel into a multi-task, multi-level work center that forms the core of the </span><a href="http://www.proximiitykitchen.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #827be9; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Proximity|KitchenSystem</a><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TM. According to Mr. Walker, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Proximity|Basin combines a set of innovative, integrated accessories and functions that make its use far easier, safer and more efficient than a garden-variety kitchen sink”.</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
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The beauty of the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ProximityBasint</span> is that it can be incorporated into a larger integrated prep or scullery center, in stainless steel or teak, or used as a stand-alone element under-mounted to any solid-surface countertop material.</div>
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<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 2.4rem 0px 2.4rem 3.2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The drain is located in the right-hand rear corner, allowing for the concentration of piping, providing more efficient use of cabinetry below. </li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 2.4rem 0px 2.4rem 3.2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The ProximityBasin is 6” deep; the bottom is relatively flat. This allows the use of the Basin’s floor as an additional work surface.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 2.4rem 0px 2.4rem 3.2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The corners of the ProximityBasin, both horizontal and vertical, are 5/8” radius, the standard required by the National Sanitation Foundation/ for the ease of cleaning.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 2.4rem 0px 2.4rem 3.2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All ProximityBasins are delivered in a reusable, zero-impact, returnable, freight-free crate,</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember growing up as a kid in post-war <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>, where food seemed to be at the center of life in the Henry household. Sunday was a family chicken dinner, Thursday spaghetti, and meatballs, Friday was fresh bread and pizza from Bruno’s and the other nights we had TV dinners on the sofa watching our favorite shows, or more like my dad’s favorite shows. Although I can’t recall my mother cooking, other than our weekly chicken dinner, I do have vivid memories of Saturday morning shopping missions to the local Safeway supermarket in the <st1:place w:st="on">San Fernando Valley</st1:place>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The point of this jog down memory-lane is to point out that much of America’s shopping and eating habits have changed very little since the 1950’s and I would go so far as to say that they have gotten far worse. Today we need to worry about everything from an increase in food-allergies to diabetes. As well as added growth hormones, anti-biotic to genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) and that directly affects our overall health. I believe that it’s time to rethink how we eat, what we eat and most importantly how we shop and prepare our meals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For years I have been traveling back and forth to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> for my work as a kitchen designer, and the opportunity presents its self to stay with friends instead of a hotel. It has always amazed me that the kitchen, like in the US, is the hub of daily life…it seems as if the same care and thought went into each meal, but something was very different, every meal was a symphony of color, taste, and texture. From the morning meal of eggs, cheese, and assorted meats, as well as juice and coffee to the evenings' meal of fish or chicken, vegetables, bread, and wine. For years I thought it was just the fact I was in a different environment than I was used to and that somehow this made the experience different. And then it came to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the middle of a lively debate, over an after-dinner glass of wine and a plate of assorted cheese, at my friends kitchen table in the Italian countryside, we were discussing the merits of American versus European kitchen design when we happen upon the topic of refrigeration, when the fundamental differences between European and American life hit me…the average American family was still living and buying food on a 50-year-old model based upon an Industrial Food Complex of corporate farming, industrial processing and packaging and national retail food distribution, all which encourages mass consummation and storage of foodstuffs that have been pumped full with additives for longer shelf life. And as when I was a child, we still go out once a week and buy as if the world is about to end…hence the need for a huge, monolithic, stainless steel box we call a refrigerator. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the other hand, our European cousins are living an almost Utopian lifestyle when compared to ours. Thinking that the smaller, 60cm (24”) refrigerator was due to the smaller nature of European kitchens, it was quickly brought to my attention how wrong I was and the smaller fridge was reflective of lifestyle and the daily nature of meal preparation. Almost everything is purchased for that day’s preparation and consumption. Fresh bread from the corner bakery, fresh fish or poultry for the evening meal, eggs, milk from a local farm and fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables from the weekly farmers market or freshly picked from their own home garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The question is whether or not we can change our eating and buying habits for better health and nutrition. <a href="http://www.drhyman.com/">Dr Mark Hyman</a> believes that modern health care is flawed because it is based on the premise of treatment and not prevention. Dr Hyman believes that the future of healthcare will take place in the family kitchen and not the doctor’s office. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have to agree with the good doctor, I do believe we can eat our way back to a healthy lifestyle and I also believe it starts in the kitchen. I have given much thought to this and feel that we all can make a few minor changes in the way we approach the way we purchase, store and prepare food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic";">1. Buy local. Buy fresh, Buy daily.</span></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Plant a garden…Grow your own</span><o:p style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; text-indent: -0.25in;"></o:p><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Use your leftovers</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Store your food correctly for longer life</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. Use a larder for vegetables and certain dairy products</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. Replace your <a href="http://www.dacor.com/">appliances </a>to reduce energy consumption</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">7. Compost your organic kitchen waste</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">8. Reduce, reuse and recycle!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">9. Support the <a href="http://www.nongmoproject.org/">Non-GMO Project</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">10. Use natural lighting when possible, LED’s when necessary.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; text-indent: -0.25in;">11. Live mindfully. Eat consciously. Choose as if it makes a difference.</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QbpLwsdsB6w/TsBYUMhtyDI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/UUBiXiFXCno/s1600/dwell%2Bon%2Bdesign.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674632634470090802" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QbpLwsdsB6w/TsBYUMhtyDI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/UUBiXiFXCno/s320/dwell%2Bon%2Bdesign.jpg" style="float: right; height: 213px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial";">I have been designing kitchens for over 30 years and like most of my peers, associates, and contemporaries, I have followed religiously the holy tenets of our faith…the un-questioned “work-triangle”, that was until I met a holy-man from a faraway land called Michigan. Hewas on a pilgrimage to share his vision of how things should work and a set of principles to live by.<br /><br />It is truly hard to believe that we are still designing kitchens based on an idea born out of the “rational” movement of the 1900’s. The work-tri-angle was created to maximize the efficiency and eliminate unneeded steps and movements in the preparation and cooking of the daily meals, thus allowing the woman of the house to free up her valuable time for more important tasks like cleaning, laundry, and childcare.<br /><br />This once private domain of the feminine world has now given way to a new social order and reflects the world that we live in. Today we find a more “democratized” environment, where everyone is welcomed in the kitchen, a place where family, friends, and guests are invited, if not encouraged, to participate in the ritual of preparation.<br /><br />And with this increased activity and additional bodies, all in a high-traffic ballet of fire, boiling water and sharp pointy things, we find that the assembly-line kitchen of the past century, with its uniform horizon of sink, dishwasher, cook-top, oven and refrigerator, forever locked in its limited one-person “work-triangle”, must make way to a new way of thinking.<br /><br />The pilgrim I speak of is industry thought-leader, designer, and manufacturer, Pete Walker. His evolutionary or maybe more correct, revolutionary concept is called the “Proximity Principles©”. According to Pete’s first principle, “A kitchen should be arranged around a series of task-based work centers in relative proximity to each other and in proper sequence relative to tasks as they actually occur in the art of cookery”.<br /><br />According to Pete, the Principles dictate the adaptation of the site conditions to various task-appropriate layouts and the results of their use are uniformly functional. As is true of any situation, site and structural issues and the constraints of budget will impact the final result. In other words, no matter the size, shape or budget of the kitchen, the Principles always improve the use of whatever space is available.<br /><br />To further his beliefs, Pete has created a line of eco-centric kitchens that embody his philosophy; the Proximity Kitchen System™ eliminates the vast number of unnecessary options, elements, and configurations currently found in both domestic and imported mass-manufactured kitchen product lines. His streamlined collection leaves the designer with an elegant intersection of minimalist product and maximizes achievable function.<br /><br />A kitchen based on the “Principles” is therefore no longer skewed by geometric happenstance; the obsolete “work triangle”, but, based on a set of irreducible “first principles”. These principles organize a clear set of design techniques and protocols which create space that allows an individual to move gracefully through a kitchen where everything comes easily to hand as it is needed or as Pete would say, “Life within reach”.<br /><br />Like any movement or belief out of the norm, Pete and his “Principles” has its share of nay-sayers and distracters, but there seems to be an ever-growing legion of architects, interior designers and kitchen specialist, who call themselves “Proxies”, that have embraced this new thought in both mind and heart as well as action in the practice of their trade.<br /><br />If you would like to know more about Pete and the Principles or would like additional information regarding the Proximity Kitchen System, I would encourage you to visit <a href="http://www.proximitykitchen.com/">www.proximitykitchen.com</a></span></div>
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Kevin M Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026713343670989446noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413520737590043363.post-51662202117169679722017-08-23T23:00:00.000-07:002017-08-23T23:01:10.739-07:00FOR THE LOVE OF COOKING<div align="justify">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And with this increased activity and additional bodies in a high-traffic ballet of fire, boiling water and sharp pointy things…we find that the assembly-line kitchen of the past, with its uniform horizon of sink, dishwasher, cook-top, oven and refrigerator, forever locked in its limited one-person “work-triangle”, must now give way to a new way of thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Appliances once dictated the form and flow of the kitchen, today they have all been replaced by the individual or individuals and the task and then the appliances and the space needed to fulfill the task. With a variety of people and activities in this enclosed environment, we must create a fluid, interactive, multi-functional arena, where tools and materials are close at hand and within a given task boundary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Much like selling toilet paper, the primary use of the product is seldom addressed. The same has gone for modern kitchen design. Over the past several years, the collective thought of modern kitchen design was to create the “illusion of order”. This was accomplished by hiding the true function of the kitchen. By hiding the food, the waste and the appliances, we create the illusion of productivity and efficiency by hiding the process.</span><br />
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